Sustainability Events at Caltech
Spring 2008-2009
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Meridional Energy Transport in the Atmosphere-Ocean System
Geoff Vallis,
senior scientist and professor,
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory,
Princeton University,
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Subglacial Hydraulics: Process Modeling and Implications for Ice Dynamics
Gwenn Flowers,
assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Glaciology,
Earth Sciences,
Simon Fraser University,
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
9:00am
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10:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
What I Learned about Public Power in Pasadena
Carol Carmichael,
member of Pasadena's Environmental Advisory Commission and faculty associate,
engineering and applied science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 15th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Composition and Chemical Aging in Atmospheric Secondary Organic Aerosols
Sergey Nizkorodov,
professor of chemistry,
UC Irvine,
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
9:00am
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Potential of Fission and Fusion for Meeting Energy Demands
Paul Bellan,
professor of applied physics,
Caltech,
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Patchy Mixing Matters
Jennifer MacKinnon,
assistant research faculty,
physical oceanography,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography,
Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
9:00am
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The Potential Role of Hydrogen Vehicles in our Energy and Climate future
Rody Stephenson,
Wednesday, April 29th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Understanding Ice Sheet Change: Towards Improved Prediction
Ginny Catania,
research associate professor in geophysics,
the University of Texas at Austin,
Thursday, April 30th, 2009
9:00am
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Exploring the Deep-Sea for Corals and Clues to Our Climatic Past
Jess Adkins,
associate professor of geochemistry and global environmental science,
Caltech,
Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Aerosols in the United States: Observation from Space and Pollution-Climate Interactions
Daniel Jacob,
professor of atmospheric chemistry and environmental engineering,
Harvard University,
Thursday, May 7th, 2009
9:00am
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Greening Pasadena: The City's Plans for a Sustainable Future
Alice Sterling,
Green City Coordinator,
City of Pasadena,
Wednesday, May 13th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Micro-Granular Adsorptive Membrane Filtration: A New Hybrid Membrane/Adsorbent Process for Water Treatment
Mark Benjamin,
professor of civil and environmental engineering,
University of Washington,
5:15pm
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
9:00am
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ESE & Society Discussion Group
New Directions in Urban Planning
Stefanos Polyzoides,
Moule & Polyzoides, Architects and Urbanists,
Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
The Contribution of Eastern North Pacific Tropical Cyclones to the Rainfall Climatology of the Southwest United States
Kristen Corbosiero,
assistant professor of oceanic sciences,
UCLA,
Thursday, May 21st, 2009
9:00am
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From Horse Power to Horsepower: Transportation Externalities in the 19th Century City
Eric Morris,
researcher at UCLA's Institute of transportation studies,
UCLA,
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009
4:00pm
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Environmental Science and Engineering Seminar
Measuring VOCs at 150 ms-1 over the Tropical Rainforest
Jonathan Williams,
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Otto Hahn Institute,